tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59510342011-07-14T19:38:58.201-05:00| a Chicago based indie / punk webzineAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1096332571542484932004-09-27T19:47:00.000-05:002004-09-27T19:49:31.543-05:00

Hey there. In the Periphery is gone. Sorry. Alex either moved away, joined a touring band or became a street person depending on who you know and / or ask. If you'd sent anything over to our PO Box in recent months that hadn't been reviewed, we're gonna send that on over to Grant at The Hearing Aide. Like ITP was, it's a really small operation that's based in Chicago - that's why we like it

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1087869243517990222004-06-21T20:53:00.000-05:002004-06-21T20:54:03.516-05:00

Sorry for the lack of updates! It seems summertime weather has taken ahold of all of us. Along with that, I (Alex) am in the process of packing, looking for a place that I want to live, and eventually moving. So hold tight, we'll review something soon.

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1085953982400823302004-05-30T16:52:00.000-05:002004-05-30T16:53:02.400-05:00

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1085768271869553752004-05-28T13:16:00.000-05:002004-05-28T13:18:22.683-05:00

We saw Braid last night in Champaign and they were excellent. Probably a full review after their Chicago show.

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1084998767163825512004-05-19T15:30:00.000-05:002004-05-20T12:17:09.786-05:00

Yes, indeed. I know that a lot of people would agree with that statement without even a moment of hesitation. Admittedly, since I first started listening to punk rock, there have been very, very few bands in regular rotation on any Chicago mainstream radio station that I've liked. So yes, I would primarily agree as well. People that aren't obsessive about music like I am (and I would guess most

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1084230559007603252004-05-10T18:07:00.000-05:002004-05-11T02:15:46.256-05:00

This tour is worthy enough to get its own news blurb: THE CURE w/ Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai also featuring: Muse, Cooper Temple Clause, Melissa Auf de Maur, Cursive, Head Automatica, Thursday on the second stage. There's no info on the venue or tickets at this point. I have a feeling it's going to be at Tweeter Center, no? That'd be unfortunate. The Cure, Interpol and Cursive = me drooling.

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1083961832648415572004-05-07T15:30:00.000-05:002004-05-07T15:35:00.826-05:00

Have a great weekend. Enjoy the crazy, erratic Chicago weather.

Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1083628469918907792004-05-03T18:54:00.000-05:002004-05-04T14:22:28.500-05:00

You've heard of Minor Threat and Fugazi? Yes of course. You've probably even heard of Rites of Spring (Guy Picciotto's pre-Fugazi band). Rites of Spring are often given credit by so called people-in-the-know with being the beginning of something called emo. So what do you think about Mr. Ian Mackaye? Do his politics get in the way for you or maybe you're a fan of his views? Politics or no, he's

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1082362030851591592004-04-19T03:07:00.000-05:002004-04-19T03:11:40.593-05:00

Hey you! Coming this Saturday April 24, 2004: WLUW (in conjunction with Brent Ritzel of The Zine Guide) are putting up the WLUW Record Fair at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse located in Wicker Park. There will be over 90 record, cd, artists and craft vendors, and 2 rooms of zine dealers. Plus here will be bands and DJs playing all day! Brent has been working hard at putting together panels and

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1079370676226572582004-03-15T11:11:00.000-06:002004-03-15T11:29:35.763-06:00

If you're one of the lurkers that visits our forum, you've probably read that the venue known as the Zoo has already ended its brief run as a place to see all-ages shows. If not go read it. Oh and why don't you register for the forum while you're at it, we like talking with new people. Stop lurking! :) In similar news, I received word that Decal Productions will no longer be putting on shows

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1079075506639399572004-03-11T23:11:00.000-06:002004-03-15T11:31:24.373-06:00

The Radio Free Chicago listeners out there may have noticed something recently: it's gone! That's right, after 6 years of spinning fabulous slabs of local music for us, RFC has been retired. Jed James, via the RFC website, states that "due to differences with the station's management, " that he decided to end the show. He closed his good-bye message with,"…the hope that there is an opportunity

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1078339052824458762004-03-03T12:37:00.000-06:002004-03-15T11:30:17.186-06:00

The Gotards are a high-energy punk rock band from Chicago whose strength of conviction matches their ruthless, uncompromising sound. Lead singer Jay Jay Decay has a mission this month: to populate a benefit show one might not expect from a band who plays songs with titles like “Puking Naked” and “Cartoon Song.” Specifically, The Gotards (along with fellow Chicago bands Squared Off, Burnside

Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1078000683641788152004-02-28T14:38:00.000-06:002004-02-28T15:02:10.013-06:00

I noticed that since confirmation of the Braid reunion went up, talk of the reunion has coincided with speculation as to whether or not Chris Broach would be playing on the reunion tour. We can all speculate on the reasons why people started this speculation- but who really cares why? We all know that message boards and forums are where rumors are encouraged to grow and expand and run rampant,

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1076879819935419582004-02-15T15:16:00.000-06:002004-02-20T16:28:07.340-06:00

I just read some really, really sad news. Chris Saathoff the bassist for Chicago indie rock band ChinUp ChinUp was killed late on Saturday 14th by a speeding car near the Empty Bottle. Chris was only 26 years old. Though none of us at ITP knew Chris personally we would like to say that our hearts go out to Chris's friends and family. I guess it happens that after seeing a band play a few times,

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1076601132869195632004-02-12T09:52:00.000-06:002004-02-24T23:39:41.856-06:00

By now, most of you Pixies fans have probably heard that dates have been confiirmed for the all-hallowed reunion tour. Ah the information superhighway in action. Unfortuantely, this round of dates has them playing shows in Canada and a few on the west coast. Will there be more in the states? They are calling this the "warm up" tour and other posts on the Frank Black website mention that they'll

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1075852943071248232004-02-03T18:36:00.000-06:002004-02-16T18:26:09.810-06:00

There's this book, called Remembrance of Things Past. Actually, it's 7 books. About 3,000 pages of text. It's by this French guy, Marcel Proust. I haven't actually read the book, but I've read about it. And I read his biography. Oh, and I got a Marcel Proust commemorative pen for graduating college, which was what prompted me to read his biography in the first place. Anyway, the first book

Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1074059231989570912004-01-13T23:47:00.000-06:002004-01-14T01:15:58.890-06:00

The Fireside List- remember when Brian Peterson used hand-print / scrawl them on a piece of ruled paper and make some photo-copies? Remember when Craphole was listed on some bill on each version of the list? The days before MPshows.com, before any of the papers bothered listing what was happening at Fireside. When the Fireside first started playing host to shows, it wasn't as easy to find out

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1072919750241923722003-12-31T19:15:00.000-06:002004-01-02T14:10:01.033-06:00

I think that White Stripes singer Jack White believes that "there can be only one"...as in there can be only one band with an garagey-indie-blues-rock schtick in Detroit. Here's the story of Jack getting arrested. Maybe Jack was pretty pissed about the Von Bondies trying to ape the garagey-indie-blues-rock schtick and maybe, in a non-subtle sort of way, he's trying to tell his old friend and

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1072304164881529082003-12-24T16:16:00.000-06:002003-12-25T18:58:47.376-06:00

Merry Christmas from In the Periphery! We're just a few days past the one month mark and we've gotten close to a 1000 hits. That's pretty exciting and we'd love to see it get bigger and bigger. Thanks to all of you who have emailed words of encouragement, sent music, offered to link us, advertised with us, or simply spread the word about this site- you rock. There's a new Show review up...I bid

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1072052725294664392003-12-21T18:25:00.000-06:002004-01-28T18:51:17.280-06:00

If anyone out there sent anything to our PO box between Nov 25th and approximately Dec 15th, I have some bad news-I'm sorry to report that we did not receive it because our mail was not reaching our post office box. I am NOT sorry to say that I think the US Postal Service has its collective head up its ass. I had been checking our p.o. box pretty regularly: no packages. I got a few emails from

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1071793734018839312003-12-18T18:28:00.000-06:002003-12-18T22:26:36.320-06:00

In the spirit of our December poll (found on the CD review page), I pose the following question: Remember when 9 out 10 people at any given show had some sort of chain connecting their wallet to their belt? Sure you do, but those days are gone- the wallet chain has become less and less prominent. The once dominant wallet chain has given up it's spot on the collective belt loop of the punk and

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1071275296056106982003-12-12T18:28:00.000-06:002003-12-12T18:35:37.490-06:00

I'm on the Empty Bottle concert mailing list. Tonight this letter was sent out via the EB email list. The letter was authored by Empty Bottle owner, Bruce Finkelman: "As many of you know, there has been a storm of controversy surrounding the planned Death in June concert scheduled to take place here on Saturday, December 13th. It is with a heavy heart that we are announcing our decision to

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1070293363947157312003-12-01T09:42:00.000-06:002003-12-02T11:36:42.420-06:00

While at lunch today, that's what I overheard a middle-aged yuppie woman bark at a fast-food restaurant employee (who happened to be about the same age as her) while holding her young daughter in her arms. Barked, not asked. No Please, not a thank you upon its delivery, barely an acknowledgment of the employee's existence. I often find myself driving through the centralized yuppie locale known

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1070301846743722292003-12-01T09:04:00.000-06:002003-12-01T12:06:04.720-06:00

There was a slight adjustment made to how we're going to handle updating ADs. Basically, everything is the same as before with this change: ADs will appear on the site for 30 days. Ads will be updated continually- as one ad's month expires the next is added to the site. If anyone has a question, just send an email. ADs are really affordable by the way: $16.00 for 30 days. (ie. If you're in a

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1069700124961849752003-11-24T12:55:00.000-06:002003-11-24T14:01:31.093-06:00

We've gotten a few emails asking what our CD review submission policy is. It can be found on the CD review page (in the upper right hand corner). If you're unsure about anything after reading that, send an email, but it's all there. More reviews are in the works...

Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09259136225852697605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951034.post-1069343726427780602003-11-20T09:55:00.000-06:002003-11-20T10:02:10.730-06:00

Welcome. It appears that today is the official launch date of In the Periphery webzine. As it exists now, the site is divided into three sections: CD reviews, Show reviews, and the Main page (where you're at right now). Explore the site to find out more about us- read, comment on the articles, register in the forum. At the moment, there are a couple new CD reviews up, a few new show reviews,

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